Be professional at all times. -Consider your attitudes toward harassment with respect to men, women and persons with disabilities or with a different sexual preference, cultural background or religious beliefs. How would you feel if you or a loved one were harassed? What would you do? -Set a positive example. Treat everybody with respect, and let others know you expect the same from them. -Be aware of your words and actions...

Affirmative Action stands like a wounded warrior in the battlefields of today\s political environment. Misconstrued, misused, challenged, defended and hailed as the program that has helped and hinder, is seldom truly understood for what it was designed to be. So what exactly is Affirmative Action?As defined in the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Affirmative Action is: “ . . . an active effort to improve the employment or educ...

Recently, one of my clients had a question that provided me with some food for thought. He asked, “When do I know that I have achieved diversity and created a work environment where everybody feels good about work?” I quickly responded, “Never!” He then asked for clarification, and that response took a little more time. After much thought and consideration, however, here’s what I came up:We need to understand that Diversity...

Recently one of my clients said something that provided me with some food for thought. He asked me “when do I know I have achieved diversity and a work environment where everybody feels good about work” I quickly responded “NEVER”. Then he asked for clarification. That was the hard part. Let me tell you what I came up with, after much thought.We need to understand that Diversity Management is not about managing or supervisi...

Building effective teams requires effective recruitment, hiring and the proper orientation of new employees. Equally important is the establishment, maintenance and continuous development of cohesive teams. Today’s labor pool and workforces are becoming increasingly more multi-cultural and multi-lingualMany new employees come from different experiences and backgrounds. Multi-generational differences, gender and other variab...